For lipid quantification by shotgun MS, 700 μL of a mixture of internal standards in MTBE/MeOH (5:1.5; [vol/vol]) were added to the dried lipid fractions. MS analyses were performed as previously described (74 (link)) on a Q Exactive instrument (Thermo Fisher Scientific) equipped with a robotic nanoflow ion source TriVersa NanoMate (Advion BioSciences) using nanoelectrospray chips with the diameter of spraying nozzles of 4.1 μm. The ion source was controlled by the Chipsoft 8.3.1 software (Advion BioSciences). Spectra was filtered based on repetition rate as previously described and analyzed by a laboratory-developed script (75 (link), 76 (link)). Lipids were identified by LipidXplorer software (77 (link)).
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